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American Airlines grounds flights

2013-04-16 22:20:45| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

American Airlines grounds all flights across the US due to a fault with its computerised reservation system.

Indonesia uses Aceh peat swamps as learning grounds for forest governance

2013-03-22 17:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

CIFOR: Indonesia plans to use Rawa Tripa in its westernmost province of Aceh, where the country had a recent victory in peatlands protection, as learning grounds to improve forests governance and legal enforcement through license review. Rawa Tripa captured headlines early this year when local environmental NGOs reported a suspected breach of a ban to convert deep peat areas by setting fires in its swamps. The Indonesian task force that coordinates efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest...

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Pay strike grounds 40 percent of Lufthansa flights

2013-03-21 17:37:55| Airlines - Topix.net

Lufthansa canceled close to 40 percent of its flights on Thursday as staff went on strike on the eve of wage talks with the German airline, which is trying to cut costs to compete with Middle East and low-cost carriers.

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Chinese pollution study 'blocked on grounds of state secrecy'

2013-02-26 11:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: China's leading environmental watchdog has refused to disclose the results of a major national soil pollution study on grounds of state secrecy, according to a lawyer who requested the report's disclosure. The news comes amid growing public concern about the impact of years of turbo-charged growth on the environment and people's health, thanks in large part to the winter's terrible air pollution in Beijing and other areas of the country. Public awareness of the widespread problems is soaring....

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